# Accident 20090604011659A: Amtr PITTSMODEL12, Spicewood, TX, June 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2009, 20:05 local time
- Place: Spicewood, TX
- Airport: Spicewood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4799° N, 98.1603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4799&lon=-98.1603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N922TP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N922TP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Huston Charles D PITTS MODEL 12 (registry code 056265H, https://openairdocs.org/model/huston-charles-d-pitts-model-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Vedeneyev M14P (registry code 63601, https://openairdocs.org/engine/vedeneyev-m14p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSMODEL12
- Reported engine: VEDENY M14P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 23 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090604011659A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AFTER DEPARTING THE SPICEWOOD AIRPORT, THE AMATEUR BUILT PITTS MODEL 12, N922TP, LOST POWER AND THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, BESIDE THE RUNWAY AT SPICEWOOD, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT, WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FUEL FLOW SENDER UNIT OF THE ENGINE APPEARED TO BE OBSTRUCTED.  THIS INVESTIGATION ALSO INDICATED THAT THE FUEL FLOW SENDER WAS INSTALLED "UP STREAM" OF THE FUEL FILTERS.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOULD REVEAL IF THIS IS A POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN09LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA341), Jun 5, 2009: Huston Charles D Pitts S-12 (N922TP), Spicewood, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of the presence of an unidentified contaminant in the fuel system which clogged the fuel flow sensor. Contributing to the accident was…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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